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Eventually the community settles upstate, where they learn to build furniture for revenue. Ann’s brother William (Lewis ...

Ann Lee, the illiterate daughter of a Manchester blacksmith, was born on the 29th of February, 1736 — “as one might expect of ...

Mona Fastvold’s The Testament of Ann Lee stars Amanda Seyfried as Ann Lee and Lewis Pullman as William Lee in this historical ...

In The Testament of Ann Lee after Ann Lee’s death in 1784, the film shifts to her Shaker followers continuing communal life, ...

The Testament of Ann Lee” is a large-scale production, mighty in detail, and Fastvold proves herself up to the challenge of ...

The Testament of Ann Lee pulls its visual style from the practices of the Shakers themselves, cleverly immersing the audience ...

Read the reviews for The Testament of Ann Lee, the drama film about the Shaker Movement, led by Mamma Mia! and Les Miserables ...

But Mona Fastvold’s The Testament of Ann Lee balances the tight rope of historical drama and religious baggage beautifully. ...

A place for everything and everything in its place. Watch the teaser trailer for The Testament of Ann Lee, an upcoming film ...

Legendary metal drummer Gene Hoglan has announced that he’s no longer a member of Testament. Hoglan seems to have parted aways amicably with the band, according to messages delivered to fans by both ...

Directed by The Brutalist co-writer Mona Fastvold and co-written by that film’s director and other co-writer, Brady Corbet, The Testament of Ann Lee arrives with all the lush historical detail you’d ...